A running club based in Bend, Ore.
It’s time to register for Bend’s oldest foot race: The Bigfoot 10K Run. Running since 1976, this event is a fast downhill course with almost 500 feet of elevation loss. Starting at the Cascade Lakes Welcome Center, the course winds downhill on a bike path then connects to the Deschutes River Trail and finishes at Riverbend Park. The course is half pavement and half smooth, wide trail. Please note: parking will be available at Inn…
The Heaven Can Wait Women’s 5k is hosted by the St. Charles Foundation. This is the 20th year this amazing organizations has put on an event to bring awareness and raise financial backing for breast cancer. This race has grown to be one of the largest 5K events in Central Oregon. At its inception, this event was to promote early detection and a healthy lifestyle after Charlene Levesque, a breast cancer survivor herself, encourages the…
We recently featured the Central Oregon Running Klub (CORK) in our “Find a Group” series. Now is a great chance to check out the CORK Hot Chocolate Runs in Bend. These fun monthly group runs are put on by CORK and held from November through February. Join other runners at Shevlin Park on the 2nd Sunday of each month for a 5 or 7 mile group run. Walkers are also welcome to this free event. Kids,…
We are lucky in Oregon, where there are many local running clubs from Ashland to Portland and everywhere in between. We’re also lucky in that there are people out there who put on free group runs, help with races, and support youth and other cause running and racing programs. Central Oregon Running Klub is one of these clubs. The Central Oregon Running Klub’s mission is to promote health and fitness through running and to provide an…
On Sunday, September 14 the Bigfoot 10k, Dirtyfoot 10k and Kids Littlefoot race will be coming to Bend. The Bigfoot 10k is sure to give you a PR with 6.2 miles of all downhill. Starting at the Seventh Mountain Resort just west of Bend, runners will let gravity take over and carry them to the finish line at the Deschutes Brewery with an almost 400 feet decent. The Bigfoot 10k takes runners from the Seventh…
